Chapter 39 Chapter Thirty-Four

Sixth Prayer Severinus killed, the book found lost again We walked quickly across the courtyard, feeling very anxious.The archer captain led everyone towards the sanatorium.When we got there, there was already a commotion in the thick gray darkness, monks and servants hurried about, and archers stood outside the door to keep out the outsiders. "I sent those guards here." Bernard said, "To find someone who can bring light to many mysterious events." The dean asked in astonishment: "Brother Herb Master?" "No. You will understand." After Bernard finished speaking, he stepped inside.

The captain of the guard walked to Bernard's side, and after obtaining his permission, he made a report in front of everyone.The guards were ordered to find the overseer and arrest him, and they searched for him throughout the monastery for two hours.I thought to myself, this must be the order Bernard gave him before entering the auditorium.The guards were not familiar with this place, and they might have found the wrong place, but they didn't know that Remigio, who knew nothing about his fate, was crowded in the corridor with other monks.Thick fog made their search more difficult.At any rate, according to the report of the captain, Remigio—after I had left him—went to the kitchen, and someone saw him and informed the guards, and by the time they reached the cathedral, Remigio had left again, and missed.George is in the kitchen and says he just spoke to the caretaker.Immediately the archers searched the courtyard, and there they found Alinardo, looming like a ghost through the mist, as if lost.Alinardo said that not long ago, he saw the administrator go into the sanatorium.Archer immediately went to the sanatorium and found the door open. ※Bandhammer Academy's E-Book※

Once inside, they saw that Severinus was dead, and the caretaker frantically searched the shelves, sweeping everything to the floor, as if looking for something. The captain concluded that the facts were right in front of him, that apparently Remigio had sneaked into the laboratory, attacked the herbalist, killed him, and then went looking for the thing he had killed. An archer picked up the globe from the ground and handed it to Bernard.It is surrounded by a circular wire of copper and silver, and in the middle is a stronger ring of copper, which is connected to the tripod.The murderer used this globe to hit the dead man's head. Under the impact, many circle lines were distorted.The side that struck Severinus was stained with blood, hair, and even a terrifying brain.

William bent over to examine Severinus.The poor man's eyes were clouded with blood from his head.I can't help but wonder if it's possible to see the shadow of the murderer in those stiff pupils. Isn't there such a legend in some cases?That was the last trace of the victim's perception.I saw William rummaging through the dead man's hands to see if there were black stains on his fingers, though the cause of death was clearly different this time.Severinus, however, wore a pair of leather gloves, which I knew he wore when handling dangerous herbs, scorpions, or unfamiliar insects.

At the same time Bernard said to the superintendent: "Remigio of Varagin—that's your name, isn't it? I sent my men to arrest you for other charges, and to confirm other suspicions. Now I know that I acted rightly, though regrettably, slowly. Abbot," he said, turning to the Abbot again, "I am responsible for this last crime because I committed suicide this morning. Knowing that this man must be arrested, after I heard the confession of another criminal arrested last night. But you also understand that I have other duties in the morning, and my men have done their best..."

He spoke so loudly that everyone present could hear (the room was now full of people looking at the litter, pointing to dead bodies, and talking in low tones about the crime).As he spoke, I caught a glimpse of Malachi among the crowd, frowning at the scene before him.The administrator who was about to be dragged away also saw him.Remigio broke free from the archer's arm, threw himself on Malachi, seized his cloak, and spoke to him urgently, until the guards grabbed him again.But when he was being led away, he turned his head again, and shouted at Malachi, "You swear, and I swear!"

Malachi didn't answer right away, as if looking for the most appropriate words.Then, as the administrator was dragged across the threshold, he said: "I will not do anything harmful to you." William and I looked at each other, puzzled by the meaning of the scene.Bernard also saw all this, but he didn't seem troubled. Instead, he smiled at Malachi, as if confirming his words, assuring him that he would never make an evil deal.He then announced that after the meal there would be a first court session in the synagogue to make the inquiry public.He went out and ordered the administrator to be taken to the basement of the forge and locked up, and he was not allowed to talk to Salvatore.

Just then, we heard Benno calling us from behind: "I came in after you." He whispered, "The room was not full of people then, and Malachi wasn't here." "He must have come in later," said William. "No." Benno insisted, "I'm right by the door, and I can see whoever comes in. Let me tell you, Malachi was already inside...a long time ago." "How early?" ※Bandhammer Academyの精学E-Book※ "Before the administrator came in. I can't swear, but I believe he didn't slip out from behind that curtain until the room was full of people." He nodded towards the curtain covering the examination table.Usually people who come here to get medicine, Severinus will tell him to lie down on the treatment table and rest for a while.

William asked: "Are you implying that he hid there after killing Severinus, and then the administrator came in?" "Either he was behind the curtain and saw what happened. Otherwise, why did the administrator beg him not to hurt him, and promise him that he would not hurt him either?" "It's not impossible," said William. "Anyway, here's a book, and it's supposed to be here, because neither the steward nor Malachi has anything in their hands." As a result of my report, William Knowing that Benno knew about it, and that he needed help right now.The abbot gazed mournfully at the body of Severinus, and William approached him, asking him to order everyone to leave, so that he could examine the place more closely.The Dean agreed, and before he left he gave William a suspicious look, as if to reprimand him for always being too late.Malachi made up all sorts of trivial excuses to stay.

William pointed out that this was not a library and that he had no privileges.Polite but firm, William avenged Malachi for keeping him from inspecting Venantius's desk. When there were only three of us left, William cleared a table of rubble and papers and asked me to hand him the books of Severinus one by one.Compared with the collection in the labyrinth, the books here are really insignificant, but there are hundreds of them in total, with different thicknesses. They were originally neatly arranged on the shelves, but after frantic searching by the administrator, they are now They were all scattered on the ground, and some were even broken. It seemed that what he was looking for was not a book, but something that could be sandwiched between the pages of a book.Several books were scattered, and it was no easy task to collect them, identify their themes, and pile them on the desk.And the time given to us by the dean is limited, we can only rush.The monks had to come in and collect Severinus' body for burial.We also had to go everywhere, looking under desks, behind bookshelves, and in cupboards, to see if anything had been missed by the first inspection.William didn't want Benno to help me, but told him to stand by the door.Despite the abbot's orders, many tried to squeeze in, servants horrified by the news, monks mourning their brother, novices with clean clothes and basins ready to wash and dress the dead... …

So we must act as soon as possible.I grabbed the books and handed them to William, who examined them before putting them on the table.Then we realized it was too time-consuming, so instead we did it together, I picked up a book, smoothed out the mess, read the title, and put it away.There are many books that have been broken into pages. ""Medicinal Flora", not this one." William said, throwing the book on the table. "The Treasure of Medicine." I read. William said impatiently: "Don't look, what we are looking for is a book in Greek!" "Is this one?" I asked, showing him a book covered in strange letters. William said, "No, that's Arabic, you idiot! Bacon is right, the first job of a scholar is to learn a language!" I replied somewhat annoyed: "But you don't understand Arabic either!" William said: "At least I know it's Arabic!" My face flushed because I could hear Benno sniggering behind me. There are quite a lot of books here, and there are more notes, paper scrolls painted with Cang Yu, catalogs of exotic trees and flowers, and the thoughts and experiences written by Severinus on the pages of the books.We searched for a long time and searched every corner of the laboratory.William was so calm that he even moved the body to see if something was under it, and searched for Severinus' frock. Still got nothing. "That's strange," said William. "Severinus locked himself here with a book, and the steward didn't take..." "Will it be hidden in his monk's robe?" I asked. "No, the book I saw under Venantius's desk that morning was quite thick. If he had hidden it in his monk's robe, we would have seen it." I asked, "How is the binding of that book?" "I don't know. It was spread out and I only looked at it for a few seconds and recognized it was written in Greek, I don't remember the rest. We'll keep looking. The administrator didn't take it, I believe Mara He didn't take it either." "Absolutely not," Benno assured. "The warden had seized him by the front. There was obviously nothing hidden under his monk's robe." "Fine. Or, worse. If the book isn't in this room, someone else must have been here first, besides Malachi and the Warden." "Then it was this third man who killed Severinus?" "Too many people," William said. "But then again," I said, "who knew the book was there?" "George might know if he overheard our conversation." "Yes," I said, "but George could not have killed a man as strong as Severinus with that force." "Yes, it is impossible. Besides, you saw him go to the cathedral, and the archer first met him in the kitchen before finding the steward. So he won't have time to come here and then go back to the cathedral. to the kitchen." "Let me think about it with my brain." I wanted to compete with the teacher, and said, "Alinaldo was also wandering around here at the time, but he couldn't even stand firmly, and it was impossible to subdue Severinu It's true that the administrator is here, but the time between when he left the kitchen and when the archer arrived at the lab was too short for him to let Severinus open the door, attack him, kill him, and cause It was too much trouble in this confusion. Malachy may have arrived before them. George heard our conversation in the corridor. He went to the office and told Malachy that there was a book in the library in Seville. Malachi came here, persuaded Severinus to open the door, and killed him—God knows what. But if he was looking for the book, he should know Get it out instead of rummaging around because he's the librarian! So, who else is suspect?" "Benno," said William. ※Bandhammer Academy's E-Book※ Benno shook his head vigorously in denial, "No, Brother William, you know I'm driven by curiosity. If I had gotten here first and taken that book away, I wouldn't have stayed here to help you now, I Will check my treasure elsewhere..." "This argument is quite convincing." William smiled and said, "However, you don't know what the book looks like. You may have killed Severinus and now stay here to identify the book .” Benno's face flushed. "I'm not a murderer!" he protested. "No one was before the first crime," said William philosophically. "Anyway, the fact that the book is gone is proof enough that you didn't leave it here." Then he turned and looked at the body, as if until this moment he had mourned the death of his friend. "Poor Severinus," he said, "I even suspect you and your poison. You must be making your poison, or you would not wear gloves. You are afraid of earthly dangers, and the dangers But it came from the sky..." He picked up the globe again and observed carefully, "I really don't know why they use this weapon..." "It's just by the door." "True. But there are other things here, bottles, jars, garden implements... It's a very fine piece of astronomical equipment. And now it's ruined... God!" he exclaimed. "What's wrong?" "'A third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck...'" he quoted from the Book of Revelation. "That's the fourth trumpet!" I cried. "Yes. First hailstones, then blood, then water, and now planets... If this is the case, then everything has to be reconsidered. The murderer did not do it randomly, he followed a well-planned plan... But a person like this Will an evil mind, according to the words of the Book of Revelation, kill when it is possible?" I asked in fear: "What will happen after the fifth trumpet?" I tried to recite, "'I saw a star fall from the sky to the earth, and a key to the bottomless pit was given to him...' Will it Someone drowned in the well?" "There are many promises of the fifth trumpet," said William, "'and smoke rose from the pit like the smoke of a great furnace; like the power of the gods.... The shape of the locust is like a horse preparing for battle, and it wears a crown of gold on its head, and its teeth are like those of a lion...' The murderer can take any meaning to fulfill the words of the Book of Revelation. But we must not pursue Visions. Try to recall what Severinus told us when he found the book..." "You asked him to give you the book, and he said he couldn't..." "Yes, and then our conversation was interrupted. Why couldn't he? Books can be taken and taken. Why should he wear gloves? Did the bookbinding kill Berengar and Venan? What about the poison of Tius? A mysterious trap, a poisonous secret..." "A snake!" I said. "Why not a whale? No, we're exploring visions again. We've seen it all, the poison has to be in the mouth. Besides, Severinus didn't say he couldn't take the book with him." Come on, he just said he'd rather have me here looking at it. Then he put on his gloves... so we know this book has to be read with gloves on. Remember that too, Benno, if you Find it, as you wish. Since you can help me, then you can help me further. Go to the library and watch Malachi, and don't let him out of your sight." "Okay!" Benno said and walked out, as if excited about his task. We couldn't stop the other monks any longer and they all crowded into the room.Lunchtime was past, and Bernard might have summoned his court in the synagogue. William said: "Everything that needs to be checked here has been checked." As we walked out of the sanatorium and through the tea plantations, I asked William if he really trusted Benno. "Not entirely," William said, "but we told him what he already knew, and we made him terrified of the book. In the end, we asked him to spy on Malachi, which was tantamount to Let Malachi watch him. Malachi is apparently looking for the book, too." "So, what is Remigio looking for?" "We'll find out soon. He's looking for something, and hopes to find it quickly, so as to avoid the danger that frightens him. Malachi must know this thing, too, otherwise Remigio begged him so urgently. There is no explanation..." "Anyway, that book is gone..." "It is a most unfortunate thing."—We had reached the synagogue as William spoke—"If it had been in the sanatorium, as Severinus said, it was either still there or It took." I boiled it down to: "Since it's not there, someone took it." "Perhaps the argument should be carried on by another secondary premise. From the fact that everything is confirmed by no one can possibly take it away..." "Then it should still be there. But it isn't." "Wait a minute. We say it's not there because we didn't find it. But maybe we didn't find it because we didn't see it." "But we've seen every corner!" "We read it, but we didn't see it. Or we saw it, but we couldn't recognize it... Adso, how did Severinus describe the book to us? What words did he use?" "He said he found a book that didn't belong to him, it was written in Greek..." "No! Now I remember. He said it was a 'strange' book, and Severinus was a learned man, and a Greek book is not strange to a learned man, Even if a scholar does not understand Greek, at least he knows the Greek alphabet. It is strange that a scholar cannot speak of a book in Arabic, although he does not know Arabic..." He paused, "Severinus Why is there a book in Arabic in my laboratory?" "But why does he say books in Arabic are strange?" "That's the crux of the matter. If he calls a book strange, it's because it has an unusual appearance, at least to him. He's a herbalist, not a librarian. . . In the library, It is not very unusual for many ancient manuscripts to be bound together in one volume, and such a volume may contain many different contents, partly in Greek, partly in Aramaic—" "...partly in Arabic." I exclaimed excitedly. ※Bandhammer School & E-Book of Fine School※ William rudely dragged me out of the hallway and dragged me to the nursing home: "You idiot, fool! You ignorant idiot! You only read the first few pages, but you don't turn the back!" "But, sir," I gasped, "I showed you the book, and it was you who turned it over yourself and said it was in Arabic, not Greek!" "Yes, Adso, yes, I was confused. Now hurry up! Run!" When we returned to the laboratory, just in time for the novice monk to move the corpse out, we managed to squeeze in.Other curious visitors linger in the room.William rushed to the table, rummaged among the piles of books for the fatal one, and threw them away one by one, much to the bewilderment of those present.Alas, the Arabic manuscript is gone.I remember it vaguely, because it had an old, rather worn cover, bound with wire. William asked a monk, "Who has been here since I left?" The monk shrugged.Everyone has been here, just as no one has been here. We considered all possibilities.Malachi?That's possible, he knew what he was looking for, maybe kept watching us, and when he saw us leave empty-handed, he turned around and walked back, taking the book away.Benno?I remember William laughing uncontrollably when William and I taunted each other about Arabic, and I thought he was laughing at our ignorance, but perhaps he was laughing at William's ignorance; The different aspect, perhaps also brings to mind something we did not immediately think of at the time—namely, that Severinus did not know Arabic, and that it is very strange that his books include a book that he did not understand. .Or, what about a third person? William was very upset.I try to comfort him.I said that for the past three days what he had been looking for had been a book in Greek, so that in the course of his examination he would of course throw away all the books that were not in Greek.He replied that all people make mistakes, but some people make more mistakes than others. These people are called fools, and he himself is one of them.He even wondered if it was worth the painstaking study in Paris and Oxford, if he didn't even think of the fact that manuscripts were often bound together--this is known to novices, except for stupid people like me outside.A pair of clowns like the two of us must be popular in the fair, maybe we should change our careers instead of trying to solve mysteries here, especially when the people we fight are much smarter than us. "But it's no use complaining," he concluded. "If the book came from Malachina, he'd already put it back in the library. Unless we know how to get to End of Africa, we won't be able to find it." It. If Beno had taken it, he would have thought that sooner or later I would become suspicious and go back to the laboratory, otherwise he would not have to be in such a hurry. So he must hide, and the place where he will never hide is We will immediately go to his place, his room. So we go back to the synagogue to see if Remigio said anything useful during the interrogation. Because I still don't understand Bernard's plan. Before Verinus was killed, he was looking for the administrator, for other reasons." We walk back to the synagogue.We should go to Benno's room, because, as we later learned, Benno was not as smart as William thought, and he didn't expect William to turn around and go back to the laboratory so soon, so he didn't think it was too late. Someone would look for him, so he went straight back to his room and hid the book. But I'll come back to that later.There were many dramatic events that would have caused anyone to forget the mysterious book for a while.Although we have not forgotten, we have other urgent errands, after all, William has a mission to perform on this trip.